Gloss on Dub, Scratch, and the Black Star. Lee Perry on the Mix
Joseph Tabbi
January 23, 2007
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William Gibson in Neuromancer (1985), by naming his interplanetary ship the Marcus Garvey, formalized the connection between an established Rastafarian and an emerging Cyberpunk culture, helping to mainstream technological and musical countercultures. William Gibson in Neuromancer (1985), by naming his interplanetary ship the Marcus Garvey, formalized the connection between an established Rastafarian and an emerging Cyberpunk culture, helping to mainstream technological and musical countercultures.
Gloss on Sonic Contents: Why I Let the Litmixer Die and Other Stories
Joseph Tabbi
January 23, 2007
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The electronic book review initially defined the word “review” in the sense of a “retrospective”; see “A Review of Books in the Age of Their Technological Obsolescence.” The editors’ opinion on the timing of ebr reviews are given in the introduction to the thread, Fictions Present. The electronic book review initially defined the word “review” in the sense of a “retrospective”; see “A Review of Books in the Age of Their Technological Obsolescence.” The editors’ opinion on the timing of ebr reviews are given in the introduction to the thread, Fictions Present.
Gloss on Revolution 2: An Interview with Mark Z. Danielewski
Lori Emerson
March 20, 2007
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David Foster Wallace may also be said to push the thresholds of language and form, as is evident in Benzon’s ebr review of Wallace’s Oblivion. David Foster Wallace may also be said to push the thresholds of language and form, as is evident in Benzon’s ebr review of Wallace’s Oblivion.
Gloss on Games, Storytelling, and Breaking the String
Jan Van Looy
March 13, 2007
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For more on My Life with Master, see Paul Czege’s discussion of protagonism, which he sees as an engine for story creation. For more on My Life with Master, see Paul Czege’s discussion of protagonism, which he sees as an engine for story creation.
Gloss on ‘I am a Recording Angel’: Jack Kerouac’s Visions of Cody and the Recording Process
Ben Underwood
January 17, 2007
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Characters in Thomas Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon, having lived through the American Revolution, recall changes in musical form in the 1770s; parallel changes in pop music of the Sixties are implied, and one of Pynchon’s characters cites Plato as the source of the idea that alterations in music precede and perhaps precipitate political change: “‘Tis ever the sign of Revolutionary times, that Street-Airs become Hymns, and Roist’ring-Songs Anthems,– just as Plato fear’d,– hast heard the Negroe Musick, the flatted Fifths, the vocal portamenti– ’tis there sings your Revolution. Characters in Thomas… continue
Gloss on Critical Code Studies
Joseph Tabbi
December 29, 2006
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And if all this is discussed, what then? The problem of field delimitation, the tendency to elaborate complexity without constraint, and an incipient sclerosis in contemporary critical studies is discussed by Andrew McMurray in his introduction to Critical Ecologies circa 2006.
Gloss on Not Just a River
Lori Emerson
December 21, 2006
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The relationship between houses, domestication, and the gradual shift from cyclic to linear time in human consciousness is discussed at greater length in Swigart’s “Past Futures, Future’s Past.”
Gloss on Gaia Matters
Lori Emerson
December 20, 2006
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Clarke discusses media theory, a distinct but related facet of systems theory, in his review of Friedrich Kittler’s Gramophone, Film, Typewriter.
Gloss on Gaia Matters
Lori Emerson
December 16, 2006
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Carolyn Merchant’s treatment of Gaia in Earthcare was discussed by Stacy Alaimo in the initial 1997 Critical Ecologies.
Gloss on Gaia Matters
Lori Emerson
December 16, 2006
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In a general introduction to Critical Ecologies circa 2006, thread editor Andrew McMurray offers a similar reversal, when he asks readers of this journal whether they fit the profile of the ‘new physiocrat,’ the present embodiment of positivism in critical writing.